Rewi Alley, New Zealand writer and political activist speaking with his close friend Father Fredrick McGuire.
Mrs Eve Hughes of Christchurch shares first place in the open section of the national play-writing contest run by the New Zealand Theatre Federation.
Portraits of Professor Wolfgang Rosenberg, reader or associate professor at University of Canterbury and an economics writer.
Portraits of Professor Don Bevan, contributor to a feature in The Christchurch Star, 'Words on Wine'.
Portraits of Graham Watson, contributor to a feature in The Christchurch Star, 'Words on Wine'.
Barry Crump at the ‘Star’ newspaper office with unidentified journalist.
Portraits of Barry Crump, writer.
Portraits of Mrs Margery Fisher, writer, lecturer and critic.
Portraits of French writer Michel Butor.
Kathleen Coghlan, senior mistress of commerce at Aranui High School and author of the book “Touch Typing by Colour”, sitting at a typewriter.
Views of Pat Taylor, travel writer from Vancouver, Canada.
Views of Dorothy Wrotnowski from Victoria, Canada.
Head and shoulders portrait of Father John Weir, priest, poet and part-time cricketer.
Head and shoulders portrait of Professor Harold Winston Rhodes, of the University of Canterbury.
Portraits of Susan Curnow of Cottesmore, winner of the under-15 Braille Week essay competition.
Portrait of Dame Ngaio Marsh.
Portraits of author Errol Braithwaite with a copy of a unbound typescript of his book on the history of ChristChurch Cathedral.
Rewi Alley, New Zealand writer and political activist holding one of his books next to a shelf of books and Father Fredrick McGuire.
Portraits of Owen Jones, writer-in-residence at the University of Canterbury, at a typewriter in his office in the English Department.
Portraits of Mrs Gertrude Cree.
Views of Trudi Hill in her cast in her bed. She has had an operation to fix her scoliosis.
Canterbury Museum gallery officer Mr Brian Hecker dusting the 1936 bust of Rewi Alley, New Zealand writer and political activist.
Christchurch and Canterbury have produced many significant authors. The region has also been visited by authors of national and international renown.